gə̇ˈlān(ˌ)yō noun
( plural gileño or gileños )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Spanish, from the Gila river + Spanish -eño (suffix added to place names to form names of inhabitants)
1. : a group of Athapaskan peoples comprising the Chiricahua, Mimbreño, Mogollon, and Warm Spring Apaches of the Gila river headwaters in New Mexico and Arizona
2. : a member of the Gileño peoples